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Private funding for fintech fell from $1.2B in 2015 to $783M in 2016, as investors reacted to vote to leave the EU

Newly released OECD statistics show public R&D budgets stagnating, but R&D tax breaks mean corporate R&D spend is increasing

Hans Rosling excelled at presenting fun, accessible data and busting myths on the perceived gap between the industrialised and developing worlds

EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas praises scientists for finding their voice. At a time when facts are ignored and experts denigrated, it is great that researchers will show up and tell people how important science is, he tells Science|Business

Boosting defence R&D and attracting more top companies to participate are among possible future growth opportunities identified in a pathfinder prepared for the high level group that is scoping the EU’s 2021 –2028 research programme

Animal health company focused on combatting viral infections in livestock

Tekes funding has a major impact on the growth and success of businesses. More than 80% of Tekes customers that have been successful in their innovation activities say that Tekes funding was a key part of their success. Jobs increased by 16 per cent in SMEs funded by Tekes during the period 2012–2015.

CLORA has called for a strengthened and impactful FP9 and European Research Area (ERA). They argue for fostering excellence and greater collaboration. They also call for FP9 to be more accessible to citizens — through outreach — and to researchers through simplification and improved success rates

A European alliance of life-science research centres, EU-LIFE, is arguing for strengthened excellence and enhanced collaborative research across FP9. They call upon the Commission to focus on human capital and the early stages of innovation to provide fuel to the innovation process

European Commission awards €1M to new 10 minute test which identifies if a patient can be treated without antibiotics

For the first time in clinical practice, doctors have used a brain-computer interface to communicate with patients suffering from complete paralysis and get responses to simple “yes” or “no” questions, by detecting distinct patterns in patients’ brain activity.

Patient-reported outcomes have proved to be useful for better healthcare management and clinical performance.

A European Commission report by Gesundheit Österreich Forschungs- und Planungs GmbH and SOGETI evaluates the impact of patient safety and cost-effectiveness programmes in healthcare systems of EU member states.

Smartinhaler is a personal medical monitoring system developed by Adherium Ltd of New Zealand.

Health systems can gather all kinds of patient data, but are they analysing and acting on it? A Science|Business conference gathered views from experts

In January 2017, Erasmus MC began adapting its care pathways to match the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) standard set for all cleft palate patients , following a successful trial in 2016.

Since 2007, ETH Zurich has spun out at least 20 companies every year. Detlef Günther, the university’s vice president for research and corporate relations tells Science|Business how they make it happen

Supported and co-funded by the European Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie) and other 40 partners, the University of Deusto opens the second and last call to recruit 8 researchers for three years.

Mark Walport appointed first CEO of controversial UK Research and Innovation